Affirmation of Subjectivities of English Teachers in Colombia from their Resistance Discourses

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Published: Oct 5, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14232/actahisp.2020.0.847-858
Keywords:
Subjectivity, Resistance, Bilingualism, Policies, Discursive Practices

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Eliana Garzón Duarte
University of Szeged / Francisco José de Caldas District University
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5920-1550

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This paper aims to present the results of a research study carried out by a group of teachers at Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, in Bogotá, Colombia. The study focused on problematizing the meaning of subjectivity constructed by Colombian English Teachers in response to a National Bilingual Program —plan designed and implemented by the Ministry of Education since 2004. The double-side character of subjection/subjectification (Foucault, 1982) is used to analyze English teachers’ work of the self and contestarian/resistance practices to affirm themselves as researchers and critical thinkers but also to claim recognition as educators who produce relevant and situated knowledge. Historical Discourse Analysis, through archeological procedures (Foucault, 1972) to trace back English teachers’ discursive and non-discursive practices, were key to unveiling how teachers think of themselves as English teachers, oppose policies and respond to dominant discourses in relation to English teaching. More than 100 English teachers’ academic publications were revised and confronted with normalized discourses circulating in political programs, print media and experts’ documents. Findings contribute to EFL teachers’ understanding of their own struggles and the role of their resistance practices to affirm their subjectivities.

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Garzón Duarte, E. (2020). Affirmation of Subjectivities of English Teachers in Colombia from their Resistance Discourses. Acta Hispanica, (II), 847–858. https://doi.org/10.14232/actahisp.2020.0.847-858
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No. II (2020): ACTA HISPANICA SUPPLEMENTUM. Latin America and the World: Spaces of Encounters and Collaboration
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Eliana Garzón Duarte, University of Szeged / Francisco José de Caldas District University

Profesora de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Magíster en Docencia de Idiomas de la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Licenciada en Idiomas (inglés, español, francés) de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Especialista en Corrección de Español de la Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. Es becaria del programa Stipendium Hungaricum, con el que actualmente se encuentra cursando estudios doctorales en Lingüística Aplicada en la Universidad de Szeged, Hungría. Investiga sobre procesos de construcción de identidad, enseñanza-aprendizaje de inglés y literatura.

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